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When Love Becomes Advocacy

As Carers Week prompts conversations about supporting unpaid carers, I’ve found myself reflecting on something that has touched both my professional and personal life recently: advocacy.

And more specifically, what it feels like when advocacy is not a professional role, but something...

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Ridgeway pupils take part in BBC News Report

A group of students from Ridgeway School in Plympton are taking part in this year’s BBC News School Report.

It gives 11- 16 year old students across the UK the chance to make their own news reports for a real audience. Using lesson plans and materials available from a dedicated website, and with support from BBC staff and partners, teachers can help students develop their journalistic...

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Taking the lot for jobs for Plymouth

More jobs are heading to Plymouth after the Council secured its first tenants for new business units at Langage Science Park – and they are taking the lot!

Contracts have just been signed between the Council and Dartmouth Foods who plan to take over all nine units available at the park as part of its exciting business expansion plans.

The high-end food retailers plan to invest...

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Car driver sought as witness to Plymouth assault

Police are trying to trace the driver of a red car that stopped to offer assistance during an unprovoked attack on a group in Plymouth at the weekend.

Officers were called to Honicknowle Green shortly after 12.30am on Sunday 17 January after a group of men and women were reported to be assaulting another group in the park area.

A 28-year-old local man was taken by ambulance to...

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Demolition team move onto site of Quality Hotel

Plans to sort out the Quality Hotel on Plymouth’s waterfront are moving at a cracking pace, with the sale now complete and demolition contractors appointed.

Plymouth City Council has appointed Westcountry firm Gilpin, who start work on site this week to take down the building that has blighted the city’s waterfront.

Hoardings will be the first change that people will see as the...

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Charity ambassadors come together for first time with an official tour

Broadcaster Judi Spiers, two-star Michelin Chef Michael Caines MBE and Business Consultant Chris Lorimer were welcomed by staff at WESC Foundation, a school and college for young people and adults with visual impairment. The three newly appointed Ambassadors for WESC Foundation came together for the first time, with an official tour of the charity’s facilities to learn more about the services...

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Local disabled actors star in training video for fundraisers

A new interactive video featuring local actors with disabilities reveals what it can feel like for vulnerable people when a charity fundraiser knocks on the door.

It’s been created by Plymouth-based elearning company, Sponge UK as part of an online training programme for The Public Fundraising Association (PFRA), the membership body for charities and agencies carrying out face-to-face...

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Cluttons sells Hanover Court for £1.3m

Cluttons, acting on behalf of Hanover Housing Association, has completed the sale of a 20-apartment residential building in the heart of Plymouth’s Barbican area to Bunny Homes for £1.3million.

Built in 1967, the five-floor premises known as Hanover Court includes 14 studios and six self-contained apartments. It also benefits from off street parking.

The building has been...

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Stagecoach expands Smart ticketing across SW

Stagecoach South West confirmed today that it is expanding its smart ticketing scheme across the region.

From Monday (18th January), all Megarider tickets* bought on board Stagecoach South West buses will be stored on StagecoachSmart cards. Drivers will issue customers with a smartcard, which will store their ticket electronically, instead of using a paper ticket.

The expanded...

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2016 South West School chef of the year winner

Four chefs have battled it out in a cook-off to be crowned a South West School Chef of the Year.

This is the second year in a row that CATERed and Plymouth’s own Sharon Cundell, from St Edward’s Church of England Primary Academy in Eggbuckland has claimed the Lead Association for Catering in Education (LACA), South West School Chef of the Year title.

Sharon was up against...

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Search is on for Plymouth’s first construction apprentice of the year

Leader of Plymouth City Council Tudor Evans along with key partners from the Building Plymouth network have officially launched the search to find Plymouth’s first construction apprentice of the year.

This award will acknowledge and celebrate an apprentice’s exceptional contribution to their workplace, and recognise their commitment to the apprenticeship experience.

Cllr Evans...

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